External trade surplus grows to EUR 1.8 billion

The volume of export surpassed the same period of the previous year’s level by 5.0%, that of import by 6.4% in March 2025. The surplus was EUR 1.8 billion, the balance grew by EUR 173 million, year-on-year. The adjusted volume of export diminished by ...

Economic performance stagnates in 1st quarter

The volume of Hungary’s gross domestic product stagnated according to raw data and was 0.4% lower according to seasonally and calendar adjusted and reconciled data in the 1st quarter of 2025 than in the corresponding period of the previous year. Compared to the previous ...

Tourist arrivals up, nights spent down

In March 2025, 1.1 million guests spent nearly 2.7 million tourism nights at tourist (commercial, private and other) accommodation establishments. Due to Good Friday and Easter falling entirely in April this year and the 15 March holiday not linked to a long weekend, the ...

Industrial producer prices rise by 7.3 percent

Industrial producer prices were 7.3% higher on average in March 2025 than one year earlier. Domestic output prices were 4.7% and non-domestic output prices 8.6% higher than in March in the previous year. The price rise was primarily caused by the annual weakening of ...

Unemployment rate at 4.3 percent

In March 2025, the average number of employed persons aged 15–74 was 4 million 701 thousand. The number of unemployed persons was 211 thousand and the unemployment rate 4.3%.

Wages grow by nearly 10 percent

Full-time employees’ average gross earnings were HUF 661,400 and average net earnings with tax benefits reached HUF 455,000 in February 2025. Average gross earnings grew by 9.3%, net earnings increased by 9.1% and real earnings were 3.5% higher than a year earlier. Median gross ...